Labour MP Zarah Sultana

In a Times Radio interview this morning, the Shadow Foreign Secretary said that by signing the declaration recently the former Labour leader and now Independent ...

In taking this position we do not endorse the nature or conduct of either the Russian or Ukrainian regimes.” The motion was defeated with 23 votes against, 14 for and one abstention. I’m afraid no member of parliament in a free democratic system like ours should sign up to that agenda that is effectively his,” Lammy told listeners. It also threatens to weaken our democracy, radically narrowing political debate and silencing dissent to establishment opinion. This is deeply unhealthy for our society and must be challenged.” Asked whether restricting Labour MPs from criticising NATO is “a bit Stalinist”, Lammy said that the left should be “proud” of the “instrumental” role that the Labour Party played in setting up the alliance in the wake of the Second World War.

Zarah Sultana was among MPs told to remove their names from a Stop the War statement this month.

She said it included quotes from an anonymous Labour source describing the MPs as a “mouthpiece for the Kremlin”. “The environment this has created is an active danger to the safety of public figures, and threatens to narrow our democracy. A Labour MP has said she has received a death threat as a result of “inaccurate” media reporting of her views on the war in Ukraine.

LEFT Labour MP Zarah Sultana has blamed “inaccurate” media reports after receiving a death threat and racial abuse over her opposition to the war in Ukraine ...

With a regular donation to our monthly Fighting Fund, we can continue to thumb our noses at the fat cats and tell truth to power. The Morning Star is unique, as a lone socialist voice in a sea of corporate media. In addition, Ms Sultana has complained to Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds about a “dangerous and irresponsible” briefing by an anonymous party source branding her “a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.”